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The next Batman sequel has a title: The Dark Knight Rises.

EXCLUSIVE: While Tom Hardy's plan to play Mad Max in the George Miller-directed Mad Max: Fury Road has hit another delay, the fast-rising Hardy's in the mix for another big film at Warner Bros.

Empire magazine talked to Christopher Nolan, whose new film Inception opens July 16, and got some great quotes from the helmer on the next Batman movie , coming July 20, 2012, and next Superman movie, targeted for a holiday 2012 release.

Get ready, Bat-fans: Warner Bros. has announced that the next installment in the franchise will be released July 20, 2012.

MTV News caught up with Michael Caine at the Toronto film festival yesterday, and in-between talking to the British star about his new film Harry Brown, they also quizzed him about the future of Batman 3.

Megan Fox has signed up to play Catwoman in the next "Batman" movie. That's what UK paper The Sun is reporting. Columnist George Smart says the "Transformers" star is set to follow in the footsteps of Michelle Pfeifer and Halle Berry in donning the skintight catsuit. Shooting is scheduled to start next year, with the film slated for release in 2011.

Michael Caine is out promoting his latest feature, "Is Anybody There," but he's perfectly willing to share his thoughts on the next "Batman" sequel -- fortunately for Collider, which had plenty of questions to ask.

Rumors going around suggest that Bale's Terminator: Salvation co-star may take his superheroic cape and cowl away.

Warner Bros. really wants Christopher Nolan to direct Batman 3. That much is obvious, but a new report suggests that the studio already has a replacement in mind just in case Nolan should pass on helming a third installment.

IGN Movies has learned that, as of right now, Christopher Nolan is the only screenwriter attached to Batman 3.